Beaver Airport

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Beaver Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Serves Beaver, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 359 ft / 109 m
Coordinates 66°21′44″N147°24′24″W / 66.36222°N 147.40667°W / 66.36222; -147.40667
Map
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Airplane silhouette.svg
WBQ
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
5/233,9341,199Gravel/dirt
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations800
Based aircraft0
Passengers1,288
Freight98,000 lbs

Beaver Airport( IATA : WBQ, ICAO : PAWB, FAA LID : WBQ) is a state-owned, public-use airport located in the village of Beaver in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1]

Contents

Facilities and aircraft

Beaver Airport covers an area of 446 acres (180 ha) and has one runway designated 5/23 with a gravel surface measuring 3,954 by 75 feet (1,205 by 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 800 aircraft operations, an average of 67 per month: 75% general aviation and 25% air taxi. [1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Warbelow's Air Ventures Fairbanks [2]

Statistics

Carrier shares: May 2022 – April 2023 [3]
Carrier  Passengers (arriving and departing)
Warbelow's
1,380(99.57%)
Everts Air
10(0.43%)
Top domestic destinations: May 2022 – April 2023 [3]
RankCityAirportPassengers
1 Flag of Alaska.svg Fairbanks, AK Fairbanks International Airport 680
2 Flag of Alaska.svg Stevens Village, AK Stevens Village Airport 10

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References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for WBQ PDF , effective January 5, 2017
  2. "Warbelow's Flight Schedule". Warbelow's Air Ventures. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Beaver, AK: Beaver (WBQ)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2017.